Qamar ul Islam

Qamar ul Islam (27 January 1948 – 18 September 2017), was an Indian politician who was the Six-term Member of the Karnataka Legislative assembly, one-term Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Kalaburagi and All India Congress Committee secretary (AICC) in-charge of Kerala. He served as the Cabinet Minister for Housing and Labour, Minister of Municipal Administration, Public Enterprises and Minister of Wakf and the MLA from Kalaburagi-North constituency for the state of Karnataka.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

Qamar ul Islam
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office 2008–2017
Preceded by	New Constituency
Succeeded by	Kaneez Fathima
Constituency	Kalaburagi Uttar
In office 1978–1983
Preceded by	Mohamed Ali Mehtab Ali
Succeeded by	S K Kanta
Constituency	Kalaburagi
In office 1989–1996
Preceded by	S K Kanta
Succeeded by	Kaiser Mahmood Maniyar
Constituency	Kalaburagi
In office 1999–2004
Preceded by	Kaiser Mahmood Maniyar
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Constituency	Kalaburagi
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 1996–1998
Preceded by	B. G. Jawali
Succeeded by	Basavaraj Patil Sedam
Constituency	Kalaburagi
Minister for Housing & Labour of Karnataka
In office 1999–2004
Constituency	Kalaburagi
Personal details
Born	(1948-01-27)27 January 1948 Kalaburagi
Died	18 September 2017(2017-09-18) (aged 69) Bangalore
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Kaneez Fathima
Parent	Noorul Islam (Father)
Residence	Kalaburagi

Early life and education

Qamar ul Islam was born to Noorul Islam in Kalaburagi. He completed his Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from PDA College of Engineering, Kalaburagi. He first stood in elections in PDA and became the president of the students' union, becoming the first and last Muslim student to hold the post of students' union president in PDA College.^[7][8][9]

Political career

He was a six-time MLA from the state of Karnataka. He started his political career with the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in 1978 and was elected to Karnataka Legislative Assembly during the terms 1978–83,^[10] 1989–1994,^[11] 1994–96,^[12] 1999–2004,^[13] 2008–2013^[14] and 2013–2017. He was a Member of Parliament from 1996 to 1998 and also the cabinet minister for Housing and Labour in the administration led by Chief Minister S.M. Krishna from October 1999 to May 2004. He also served as cabinet minister for Municipal administration, Public Enterprises, Minority Development and waqf led by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah cabinet from May 2013 to June 2016.^{[15][16][17][18][19][20]}

Personal life

He was professionally an engineer. Dr Qamar ul Islam was passionate about Urdu and he also wrote Shayari sometimes. Throughout his life, he has presided in various Urdu literary programs.^[21]

Positions held

#	From	To	Position	Party
1.	1978	1983	MLA (1st term) from Gulbarga Member of the Public Accounts Committee (1979-1982)	Independent
2.	1989	1994	MLA (2nd term) from Gulbarga Member of the Estimates Committee (1990-1992) Member of the Public Accounts Committee (1992-1993) Member of the Committee on Petitions (1993-1994)	Muslim League
3.	1994	-	MLA (3rd term) from Gulbarga Member of the Committee on Housing and Urban Development (1994-1996)	Congress
4.	1996	1998	MP in 11th Lok Sabha from Gulbarga	Janata Dal
5.	1999	2004	MLA (4th term) from Gulbarga	Congress
6.	2008	2013	MLA (5th term) from Gulbarga North	Congress
7.	2013	2017	MLA (6th term) from Gulbarga North	Congress

Death

Qamar ul Islam died on 18 September 2017 at a hospital in Bengaluru due to cardiogenic shock and multi-organ failure.^[22] He was admitted to the hospital 11 days earlier following cellulitis of the leg.^[23][24] His funeral procession was attended by Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah, Mallikarjun Kharge and others.^[25][1][26]